because the truth needs to be told
Dal Khalsa reaches out to the international community, urging attention to human rights abuses in Punjab. Highlighting misuse of draconian laws, detentions, social media censorship, and state interference, they advocate for justice and protection of Sikh right... More »
How does one even begin to understand a verdict as massive as 92 seats in a house of 117 legislators? As the two traditional parties, both more than a century old, fell by the wayside, and a rank outsider rode to power riding a wave of anger, alienation and ve... More »
How would the Sikh community, Punjabis at large and, in fact, all right-thinking people, react if the Government of Punjab was to make a law that it was legally mandatory for people to visit the Gurdwaras to pay obeisance to a Sikh Guru? Don’t try and jump to ... More »
ਰਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਬਲਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਮੇਤ ਚਾਰੋਂ ਪੀੜਤ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਦਲ ਦਲ ਦੇ ਸੰਭਾਵੀ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਦਰਬਾਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਗੁਰੂ ਨੂੰ ਮੁੱਢੋਂ ਰੱਦ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਅਪੀਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਅਖਬਾਰਾ ਰਾਂਹੀ ਬਾਦਲ ਦਲ ਨੇ ਸੰਕੇਤ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਸਾਬਕਾ ਨੌਕਰਸ਼ਾਹ ਦਰਬਾਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਗੁਰੂ ਨੂੰ ਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਤੋਂ ਸੰਭਾਵਤ ... More »
The Badal Dal has shortlisted former bureaucrat Darbara Singh Guru as its nominee for the reserved constituency of Fatehgarh Sahib. His name features in a Punjab and Haryana High Court petition as an accused in the killing of 4 Sikh youth in indiscriminate fir... More »
Behind-the-scenes confabulations between the Congress party leadership and AAP party legislator Harvinder Singh Phoolka resulted in the Punjab Assembly discussing the future elections of the Sikh Assembly of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. WSN edi... More »
Through an Open letter, WSN editor shares unhappiness of Punjabis, upset at the resignation of human rights activist-turned-legislator Harvinder Singh Phoolka, through an open letter to him. He has not only missed a huge opportunity to pursue the cause of just... More »
The author attempted to place a private members bill in the just-concluded Punjab Assembly session on the contentious Punjab Waters Dispute with Haryana and Rajasthan. Here he tells the rationale of his bill and how successive governments in Punjab and the Uni... More »